Finance

Financial Reporting and Analysis Course

OBJECTIVES

This Course focuses on the basics of accounting and its main outputs: financial reporting and analysis. The financial statements show the results of current operations, the financial position, and the cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities.

It guides participants through the important tools of financial analysis and provides them with the skills required to apply financial analysis tools effectively.

KEY BENEFITS

Participants completing this program should be able to:

  1. Know the difference between the Accounting and Finance.
  2. Ability to read the financial statements.
  3. Understand who uses financial ratios and how.
  4. Use ratios to analyze a firm’s liquidity and activity.
  5. Discuss the relationship between debt and financial leverage and the ratios used to analyze a firm’s debt.
  6. Use ratios to analyze a firm’s profitability and its market value.
  7. Use a summary of financial ratios and the DuPont system of analysis to perform a complete ratio analysis.

 Course Outline:  

  • Introduce Accounting Principles and the Financial Statements.
  • Understanding the Financial Statements.
  • Analyze the Financial Statements by using different methodologies:
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Common Size Analysis
  • Financial Ratio Analysis
  • Profitability
  • Liquidity
  • Debt to Equity
  • Assets Efficiency 

Case Study